Question 1

Dr. Pohlson is studying the heritability of self-confidence. Because all of his research participants are upper-middle class adolescents from the same private school in New York City, the heritability of self-confidence will appear to be ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  low
B)  high
C)  nondiscrete
D)  constant

Question 2

The process by which survival and reproduction pressures act to change the frequency of alleles in subsequent generations is referred to as ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  coercive inheritance
B)  natural selection
C)  randomized lineage
D)  genetic exclusion

Question 3

What is true of genetic mutations?

Accepted Answer

A)  They typically lead to disease.
B)  They are a rare occurrence.
C)  They typically cause no phenotypical change.
D)  They generally lead to a survival advantage.

Question 4

Who is credited for first describing the contrast between heredity and environment as "nature versus nurture"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Darwin
B)  Francis Galton
C)  Gregor Mendel
D)  James Watson

Question 5

Tara and Boris, expectant parents, wonder about the endless possibility of traits their unborn son might inherit from them (e.g., Tara's red hair and allergies; Boris's tall frame and poor eyesight) . As a genetics expert, you tell them that after cell division, the egg or sperm contains _____ chromosomes; thus, a male or female can produce _____ different combinations of his or her chromosomes.

Accepted Answer

A)  23; 223
B)  23; 232
C)  46; 246
D)  46; 462

Question 6

Compared with hunter-gatherer societies, agricultural societies are more ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  matriarchal
B)  patriarchal
C)  egalitarian
D)  homogenous

Question 7

Which scenario best illustrates the concept of genetic drift?

Accepted Answer

A)  Twelve thousand years ago Native Americans traversed the Bering Strait to settle in the Americas, causing different genetic traits to be favored over others.
B)  The genetic mutation that causes sickle cell anemia also increases resistance to malaria, increasing the frequency of the diseased allele in the general population.
C)  The prevalence of depression is greater in populations where the serotonin transporter gene translocated to position q21 along chromosome 17.
D)  There is a higher than average rate of Ellis-van Creveld syndrome in the Amish community because the diseased allele was introduced by some of the original Amish settlers.

Question 8

You are attending a family reunion of your dad's extended family. You often wonder how you could be related to any of them based on their physical and behavioral characteristics. What is the chance you share an allele with your first cousins?

Accepted Answer

A)  one sixteenth
B)  one eighth
C)  one fourth
D)  one half

Question 9

Explain how mutation, migration, genetic drift, and natural selection affect evolutionary processes. Provide a specific example for each.

Accepted Answer

Mutations are errors that occur when DNA...

Question 10

The study of gene-environment interactions in the production of phenotype is called ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  genospherics
B)  epigenetics
C)  biogenics
D)  phenomics

Question 11

The field of evolutionary psychology directly descends from which early school of thought?

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalism
B)  dualism
C)  gestaltism
D)  structuralism

Question 12

Which of the following best describes a characteristic of intersexual selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  the tendency to view close relatives as unattractive
B)  ensuring species continuation via heterosexual behavior
C)  having characteristics that are likely to attract a mate of the opposite sex
D)  choosing a mate with genetic diversity

Question 13

Which type of interaction is most likely to result in a negative outcome for both parties in a relationship?

Accepted Answer

A)  spitefulness
B)  altruism
C)  selfishness
D)  cooperation

Question 14

Simon has curly hair. If he is homozygous for the gene that determines curly hair, what is true of his parents?

Accepted Answer

A)  They must each have a recessive allele for straight hair.
B)  They have together contributed four dominant alleles for this gene.
C)  They have contributed the same type of allele for this gene.
D)  One, but not both, of his parents, have contributed an allele for curly hair.

Question 15

An error that occurs when DNA is replicated is referred to as a ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  mutation
B)  migration
C)  splicing event
D)  genetic drift

Question 16

Each cell type in the human body has ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  the same gene expression
B)  a different set of genes
C)  a different set of genes, but the same gene expressions
D)  the same set of genes, but different gene expressions

Question 17

The process of gene expression involves ____.

Accepted Answer

A)  replicating a cell's genetic makeup during division
B)  influencing the behavior of a segment of society
C)  converting genetic instructions into a feature of a living cell
D)  chromosomal recombination during gamete formation

Question 18

What do modern biologists describe as the "descent with modification from a common ancestor"?

Accepted Answer

A)  genetic lineage
B)  heritability
C)  the human genome
D)  evolution

Question 19

What do humans share that allows them to be so similar to one another, but different from other animals?

Accepted Answer

A)  alleles
B)  genes
C)  number of chromosomes
D)  structure of DNA

Question 20

In one study, rats licked frequently during infancy by their mothers were calmer than rats licked infrequently when faced with stress later in life. What is the most likely explanation for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  The rat pups that were frequently licked learned to engage in the licking behavior as a coping strategy during times of stress.
B)  Because mothers who chose to lick their pups had a calmer demeanor, their pups were raised in less stressful environments.
C)  By licking their pups, these mothers had influenced the expression of genes that influenced responses to a stress hormone.
D)  The "licking" prone mothers only cared for the calmest pups of the litter, causing the more aggressive pups to die prematurely.

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The process by which survival and reproduction pressures act to change the frequency of alleles in subsequent generations is referred to as ____.

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What is true of genetic mutations?

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The process of gene expression involves ____.

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An error that occurs when DNA is replicated is referred to as a ____.

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Which of the following best describes a characteristic of intersexual selection?

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Compared with hunter-gatherer societies, agricultural societies are more ____.

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The field of evolutionary psychology directly descends from which early school of thought?

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The study of gene-environment interactions in the production of phenotype is called ____.

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